Re:Pixel smartphone camera review: At the top
by mxuribe on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @08:54AM
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If that's true, curious if sony ever chooses to, or is forced to ("forced" due to a disruption to their supply chain, I mean) raise prices on that component, that would pretty much raise the price for everyone's phones. (Or at least everyone who relies on that component.) In biology, to fend off this type of dependency, i think they call that genetic diversity; I'm sure there's a name for the same in supply chain management.
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Re:Pixel smartphone camera review: At the top
by jrockway on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @09:46AM
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Fujifilm and Canon still make their own sensors. Fuji's seem pretty good. Canon can't compete, opting to sell DSLRs to people already locked into their system.
Re:Pixel smartphone camera review: At the top
by shen on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @10:06AM
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This is not true. Fuji's X-Trans sensors are just Sony sensors with a X-Trans filter instead of a Bayer filter. The latest Canon sensors (5D mkIV) lose to the Sony sensors at base ISO but pull ahead at higher ISOs.
Re:Pixel smartphone camera review: At the top
by jrockway on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @02:26PM
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Ah, I had no idea. I guess that's how Fuji came out of nowhere with great sensors from the start, that behave very much like Sony's sensors ;)
Re:Pixel smartphone camera review: At the top
by wluu on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @05:58PM
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There are a few other manufacturers, but Sony has pretty much cornered the market. Much in the same way Intel has when it comes to CPUs.
I know Aptina[1] has made sensors used in smartphones in the past. And was also the initial manufacturer for sensors used by Nikon in their 1 series mirrorless cameras.
Toshiba has manufactured some in the past, but sold their image sensor business to Sony[2] last year.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptina [2] http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/4/9848222/sony-buys-toshiba-...